Is cross dressing a sin?

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My boss wants to increase awareness for a fund raiser (female oriented cancer reserch) and has asked all of his direct reports and everyone at his last staff meeting to wear “women’s” clothing. Our company, like most others, has been forced to support “Gay rights” and I am concerned that complaining about the cross dressing might be considered to be “defamatory” to gays. However, the company does recognize religious rights.

I know the Church bans homosexuality but allows things on the other end of the spectrum such as those things that are “unmannly” but not openly gay. Is cross dressing a sin or against our religion?
 
They’re just clothes, so no, I don’t see why it could be considered sinful.
 
I can only speak for myself but I certainly would not do it. I am not sure if it would be a sin to do so but it is making light of a serious issue. I am pretty sure serious cross dressing is a sin since it seems to be a disordered desire.
 
I suppose it would depend on the cross-dresser’s intent. If it was in good fun, for a party or for a fundraiser, then I wouldn’t think so. If it were a gender-confusion issue, that may be different.
 
Firstly, crossdressing has nothing to do with homosexuality. Two very different issues.

A group of men dressing up as women could be seen as quite sexist however.

Speaking as a Brit, I think there are few things funnier than a big burly guy with stubble, hairy legs and a dress. It’s funny in a certain context, like on a stag night or on stage, but as a charity fundraiser in an office environment, I can see how it would make many people uncomfortable. I think it sounds very strange to mock women in order to raise money for a womens’ charity.

From the point of view of whether it’s a sin, I don’t think so, unless you do it out of a desire to change your God-given gender.
 
It’s not intrinsically sinful, but I would have to wonder whether or not any company had the authority to require it’s male staff to wear women’s clothes. :confused:

Even barring any moral implications, I would think it would make any guys feel uncomfortable to wear women’s clothes (and uncomfortable for the women to watch them!). I wouldn’t think a company could require it’s workers to do something that made them so uncomfortable, especially if it’s not even directly related to the work they’re doing.
 
Joe_5859 said:
It’s not intrinsically sinful, but I would have to wonder whether or not any company had the authority to require it’s male staff to wear women’s clothes. :confused:

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They can not force it. They do not have to give you a raise or opportunity for promotion either.

This is a one day event so I am addressing it by taking a vacation day to avoid the problem.
 
Prude allert!!

Yes - I am a prude, so know this before reading my response. 😃

I personally would be extremely offended and feel very akward if my male manager came to work in women’s clothing. I think it is totally inappropriate for the workplace, I don’t care where you work. It is not professional.

Sinful? Probably not, unless someone is getting some sort of sexual gratification from doing so, but that does not sound like the case here.

Totally inappropriate and wrong in the work place? YES!!!:eek:

You are doing the right thing to take a vacation day - I would as well.

~Liza
 
lizaanne said:
Prude allert!!

Yes - I am a prude, so know this before reading my response. 😃

I personally would be extremely offended and feel very akward if my male manager came to work in women’s clothing. I think it is totally inappropriate for the workplace, I don’t care where you work. It is not professional.

Sinful? Probably not, unless someone is getting some sort of sexual gratification from doing so, but that does not sound like the case here.

Totally inappropriate and wrong in the work place? YES!!!:eek:

You are doing the right thing to take a vacation day - I would as well.

~Liza
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Yes, it sounds like something from an episode of “The Office”. Royal Archer, is your boss’s name Michael Scott? 😃
 
royal_archer said:
My boss wants to increase awareness for a fund raiser (female oriented cancer reserch) and has asked all of his direct reports and everyone at his last staff meeting to wear “women’s” clothing. Our company, like most others, has been forced to support “Gay rights” and I am concerned that complaining about the cross dressing might be considered to be “defamatory” to gays. However, the company does recognize religious rights.

I know the Church bans homosexuality but allows things on the other end of the spectrum such as those things that are “unmannly” but not openly gay. Is cross dressing a sin or against our religion?
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This is somehow supposed to support women–by men foolishly dressing up like women in the workplace? Talk about a lawsuit waiting to happen…it amazes me how some ‘bosses’ abuse their ‘power’ and ask their employees to do disgraceful things…because they THINK they can. If I were you, I would not do this…at all. Not just for your own values and reasons, but because it actually makes a mockery of women…I would be upset if my male coworkers were dressing like women in hopes of supporting female cancer awareness???:mad:

From a Bibilical perspective…God in the OT, I believe, is shown as being against men ‘wearing women’s clothes.’ I agree with the poster who said that if it were to dress up for Halloween, probably not a big deal…but cross dressing as a behavior I think is addressed in the Bible.

So, suppose you say no? Will you be in trouble? I would see what HR thinks about this…because this is waaaaay beyond the call of duty when it comes to your job. Here’s what they do at my company…we send out emails on Cancer awareness…ask for donations, and ask people to join in various races in town to sponsor cancer awareness…that’s what a company does to raise awareness…not this. There’s no ‘forcing’ of it, though…but see, your boss will be able to see with his own eyes who will be dressed up and who won’t be…so you will stand out probably, if you don’t participate. This is not right, and I pray that you don’t do this…and discuss it with HR. Employees, by law, cannot be forced to support anything that is not part of their company’s mission statement, or job description, etc…
 
If it’s mentioned in the bible then you should show the verse and chapter.
 
Starwynd said:
If it’s mentioned in the bible then you should show the verse and chapter.
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A man’s item shall not be on a woman, and a man shall not wear a woman’s garment; whoever does such a thing is an abhorrence unto God.
— Deuteronomy 22:5
 
whatevergirl said:
A man’s item shall not be on a woman, and a man shall not wear a woman’s garment; whoever does such a thing is an abhorrence unto God.
— Deuteronomy 22:5
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Many of the laws in Deuteronomy are the ritual and concessionary laws that passed away with the new covenant. (Deut 24 permits divorce for example). I don’t think this means that cross-dressing is sinful.
 
Joe_5859 said:
Many of the laws in Deuteronomy are the ritual and concessionary laws that passed away with the new covenant. (Deut 24 permits divorce for example). I don’t think this means that cross-dressing is sinful.
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I don’t think we know for certain, but we don’t know if that verse was abolished, or not, really.
 
Joe_5859 said:
If it hasn’t been, there are a lot of Catholic women wearing pants that need to get to Confession! 😉
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considering that men didn’t wear pants back in biblical times…probably a moot point!😛 I think a better way to look at these things, is this…‘is what I’m doing pleasing God?’ I don’t think that dressing like a woman (a man doing this) is necessarily sinful, but does it please God, is the question. I think if there are things we are doing that distract us from our mission as God’s children…we probably should stop the behavior, even if it’s venial. It’s in the striving…
 
And for years people thought “awareness ribbons” were getting the messages across…🤷
 
Frankly royal archer, I’d be leaving this company ASAP and finding a new company. And yes, cross dressing is a sin.
 
Holly3278 said:
Frankly royal archer, I’d be leaving this company ASAP and finding a new company. And yes, cross dressing is a sin.
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Why is cross-dressing a sin? What harm does it do to anyone?

It’s not even specifically referred in the Bible according to my google search.

What you mean, Holly, is that you are insecure about your view of morality and don’t wish to be exposed to things which might corrupt it
 
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